Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin Marbles: With an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (London, 1837)

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tioyjin was denominated the Archon, and his
authority extended over all affairs, civil and re-
ligious; it was his business to decide all causes
connected with social duties, and to provide
for the due performance of public ceremonies.
The second magistrate was called basileus
(fiuiriXivg), and his wife basilissa (ficttriXso-ira).
They presided over the sacred mysteries and
rites, and took cognisance of murder. Thirdly
came the polemarch (woXs^a^oj), who took
especial charge of strangers and foreigners.
The other six archons were called thesmo-
thetce, and performed various judicial offices
in the state. The annexed catalogue of annual
archons, from their first establishment to the
end of the fifth century A. C, refers only, of
course, to the presiding archon of each year.
It is taken from the arrangement of M. Pri-
deaux, founded on the Chronicle of the en-
graved marbles brought from the Isle of Paros
and deposited at Oxford by the Earl of Arun-
del. These marbles contain the leading facts
of Grecian history, from the reign of Cecrops,
up to the date A. C. 355, ninety-one years
before the tables were constructed.